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On Looking: Eleven Walks With Expert Eyes (2013)

by Alexandra Horowitz(Favorite Author)

3.41 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1439191255 (ISBN13: 9781439191255)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Scribner

review 1: Read most of this book and mostly enjoyed what I read. The stories are interesting and most fascinating when the author is relating dialogue and perspective from the experts she walks with. The narrative of the author's own thoughts drags a bit and can get pretty repetitive. It's certainly worth a read, though, and I loved the concept! Good reminder to try and be mindful and aware and not slip into complacency.
review 2: Likely to find a spot on Psychology 101 reading lists, this book mixes facts and anecdotes with ample dashes of humour. Horowitz's eleven walks accompanied by, in turn, her toddler, through experts on geology, insects, and printing, among others, including a blind person, and ending with her dog, present opportunities for perceiving the mundan... moree with heightened senses, and leave us appreciating new ways of looking at our environment. less

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